Posted
by
timothy
on Tuesday April 24, 2012 @09:52AM
from the we-haff-veys-to-maek-you-schutt-down dept.

vvaduva writes "The North Carolina Board of Dietetics/Nutrition is threatening to send a blogger to jail for recounting publicly his battle against diabetes and encouraging others to follow his lifestyle... the state diatetics and nutrition board decided [Steve] Cooksey's blog — Diabetes-Warrior.net — violated state law. The nutritional advice Cooksey provides on the site amounts to 'practicing nutrition,' the board's director says, and in North Carolina that's something you need a license to do." If applied consistently, I think this would also clear out considerable space from the average bookstore's health section. (And it could be worse; he could have been offering manicures.)

Co-worker: No they don't. The president passes laws. Congress just votes on which ones they suggest to the President.

Me: I think you're confusing veto powers. Those can be overridden, you know. Though, in the current climate, it really would never happen. However, Obama can't pass a law that Congress didn't vote through.

Co-worker: Yes he can!

Me: I'm sure the Supreme Court would beg to differ.

Co-worker: They just raise a big fuss when the President passes a law the Constitutional [sic] says he can't pass.

Me: And you have a degree?

Co-worker: Yeah, in Business!

I'd say something along the lines of "God help us all". However, I stopped believing in God a long time ago. This is mostly because of conversations like this.